Brand New T-Maxx for $235

[italiannitroman]

Your prolly thinking this should not be here but it does belong here. I was in the paintball store today and Some kids were arguing over what the one kid should get with his money. One kid says oh get a remote controlled gas powered car. So I said I have one if you are interested. Well another kid says I just got one the other day. So I asked him what kind he got. He said he got a Brand new outta the boxT-Maxx for $235 with a pull start. I thought to my self and said traxxas doesn't make a pull start on a T-maxx.And not for that price. So I asked him where he got it. He told me and said they were having major sales. I told him they can't even buy it from a distributor for that price.

What really got me mad is that the hobby shop lied to the kid and told him he got a T-Maxx. So I asked him how many shocks it had and he said 4. Now is that what this is comming to hobby shops lying to customers to sell something?

[TexRacer]

You take this comment from the kid,dont have a clue what truck it really is,didnt say if you saw it or not,did he even tell you what shop it was.
You posted it here WHY?
Most shops nor mail order practice this.
How do you know it wasnt the kid simply LYING?
Gezz

[Pro3/nmt105]

Its much more likely that the kid was lying. Why would a HS tell a kid that a car is a t-maxx when they've never heard of a t-maxx and dont know what it is, that just wouldn't make sense and wouldn't improve sales.

[toddzilla]

it was probably that smartech t-maxx copy. they sell for low 200's and have a pull start engine included.

even crappier than a regular t-maxx, from what i hear.

:rolleyes:

[toddzilla]

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[microrcdude]

that's probably what it is.

[RC10tee3]

but that still has 8 shocks?

[toddzilla]

8 shocks, 16 shocks, 2 1/2 shocks, it's still a pile of crap. i can't for the life of me figure out why the tmaxx (or any traxxas) remains so popular when they aren't cheaper than a real r/c but are somewhere in the gray area between toys r us and an actual r/c car.

:rolleyes:

[nascarfreak88]

Why is the T-maxx soo popular???? it was the first of its kind! nobody offered a 4wd 2-speed, reverse, 8 shocks, EZ start, and all that.

i had a Gen1 t-maxx. It was my first nitro. the TRX .15, i wouldn't piss on a fire to put that thing out, and that stupid one-way berring suck major money poo.

Now i have the Gen2 Maxx with the new TRX 2.5. I love it. i starts when i want it to, handels alright, no more stupid slipping one-way....

can't for the life of me figure out why the tmaxx (or any traxxas) remains so popular when they aren't cheaper than a real r/c but are somewhere in the gray area between toys r us and an actual r/c car.

what, may i ask you, is a "REAL R/C CAR"?

[Frapechino]

really I have been into R/C for three years and I guess you could say I know what a real car is, but if you asked me when I got to drive my five year old brothers little tyco R/C over our neighbors little tyco R/C, that was just as much fun as driving any of my "real" R/C trucks

[TC3Racer]

OH GOD THE ONE-WAY BEARING!!! i set that thing i fire multiple times.....

[toddzilla]

What i mean is that i find traxxas quality to be pretty dismal. They have a great marketing dept, and they sell a ton of vehicles. Many of them are used a few times and put in the basement/closet. What i am getting at is the person who goes out and buys a nitro rustler RTR when they can get an RC10 GT RTR for the same price and get a much higher quality vehicle. i know most people don't race their r/c cars, but whenever we see some poor kid show up with his bandit or rustler and try to race with it, he inevitably goes home with a pile of broken parts or a car that handles so poorly that he can barely get around the track in the first place. I'm a firm believer in buying something that doesn't need to be completely rebuilt in order for it to work as advertised. I constantly hear the moronic reasoning behind getting a T-Maxx "you can hop it up so much that there won't be a traxxas part left over!" well, if the traxxas parts are so bad, why buy the damn thing in the first place.


Technically a microsizer is an r/c car. what i was driving at is something that will last and perform it's function without having to be "hopped up" just to work properly (buy the truck and replace shock caps, tires, steering servo, clutch, electric start motor and the list goes on and on)

i don't really have a campaign against traxxas, i just feel their products are overpriced considering you can get a high quality kit or RTR for virtually the same price.

[dirtbike]

traxxas is a great company, the reason is because of the tmaxx, you can replace every single part on there and have practically the best rc truck there is. that why i am getting a sportmaxx with in the next couple of months.

[Jeckler]

Originally posted by toddzilla
I constantly hear the moronic reasoning behind getting a T-Maxx "you can hop it up so much that there won't be a traxxas part left over!" well, if the traxxas parts are so bad, why buy the damn thing in the first place.
Originally posted by dirtbike
traxxas is a great company, the reason is because of the tmaxx, you can replace every single part on there and have practically the best rc truck there is. that why i am getting a sportmaxx with in the next couple of months.

You walked right into that one dirtbike. Good job proving toddzilla's point.

Or you're trolling.

[toddzilla]

:D


another reason why tmaxxes sell so well, the owners are always in a hobby shop for broken parts and they are always talking about how awesome their broken truck is..
:rolleyes:

i raced a dominator all last summer and i think i MIGHT have spent 75 bucks in parts..

[nascarfreak88]

Originally posted by toddzilla
:D


another reason why tmaxxes sell so well, the owners are always in a hobby shop for broken parts and they are always talking about how awesome their broken truck is..
:rolleyes:

i raced a dominator all last summer and i think i MIGHT have spent 75 bucks in parts..
haven't broken a part on my T-maxx 2.5 in over a year, thank you very much!!!:o :o :o

[grego9198]

The reason people are breaking t-maxxes are cause most owners push them harder than what they're made for. If I had an RC10GT and I ran it thru the same paces as I did with my T-maxx I can assure you it'd be in more pieces then my T-maxx. :p

[nascarfreak88]

Originally posted by grego9198
The reason people are breaking t-maxxes are cause most owners push them harder than what they're made for. If I had an RC10GT and I ran it thru the same paces as I did with my T-maxx I can assure you it'd be in more pieces then my T-maxx. :p
EXACTLY!!!

[kitty]

I think what dirtbike was trying to say was that if you ever break anything on a Maxx, it can easily be found and replaced with a stock replacement or something aftermarket.

I've owned a Traxxas E-Pede for about 16 months now and the only parts I have replaced on it are a new body, front arm and c-hub, a few spur gears, and now rear wheels and hubs. I have beat the living daylights out of the truck, too. It's done more cartwheels than an olympic gymnast and has the scars to prove it. The spur gears were fried because I run a 13x2 motor and that probably is the reason for spinning out the rear wheel hubs and ruining the rear wheels. The only bad part on that truck out of the box was the body. Traxxas definitely could put better bodies on their vehicles, at least on the Pedes and the Maxxes, but the rest of their parts are very tough. And for the Pede, it could use an aluminum motor mounting plate, that's for sure - if you run a hot motor, the plastic mount that's integrated into the gear box will wear out fast. I have an aluminum plate as a backer, but with all that torque and running an HPI 90t spur, I do tend to wear out the spur gears about every two months. No biggie there.

My best friend has an E-Maxx and has only broken a few parts on it. He also thrashes his truck like I do. In my opinion, Traxxas trucks are some of the toughest on the market.
kitty

[MegaMe]

heh i just ordered a smartech truck.. hope it isnt too bad... and at least i can replace it with maxx parts if it breaks i think.

see i live in australia and t-maxx's sell for between $900 and $1100au here (thats $650 - $800 us i think). whereas i am getting the smartech for $400au delivered ($300 us). i think its worth it for that price.. i couldnt afford any more so it was either that or an electric like a pede or maybe a 1/18th scale.

[nascarfreak88]

Originally posted by nascarfreak88
haven't broken a part on my T-maxx 2.5 in over a year, thank you very much!!!:o :o :o

well, i guess the no-parts-breaking endurance has ended.
i broke 2 drive shafts yesterday. i broke the rear one first, then i kept running it in front wheel drive mode and broke another one......... oh well, i already "fixed it", i just took out the front diff and put the good front shaft in the rear like a SportMaxx. i ran it today and i almost like it better in 2wd (alot more on power push though, and the rear brakes lock up) but you gotta love the easy wheelies, donuts and rooster-tails!!!!!